Agile ONE SN Preview: A Jetson Thor Humanoid Reference Platform Built for GR00T Research

Agile Robots SE, the Munich-based German robotics company founded in 2018 by DLR researchers, unveiled the Agile ONE SN on October 21, 2026 at NVIDIA GTC Berlin in a joint reveal with NVIDIA. It is a compact humanoid built strictly as an R&D reference platform, shipping preconfigured with Isaac GR00T software and Jetson Thor onboard … Read more

Unitree H2-X Preview: A Kung Fu Guardian That Flips Over Cars, But Has No Price Tag

On October 21, 2026, Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics unveiled the H2-X, a “Kung Fu Legend Guardian” variant of its H2 bipedal platform, alongside a demo video. Built on the existing H2 chassis rather than a clean-sheet design, the H2-X is framed as a guard and rescue-themed showcase. Unitree has not disclosed a price or delivery date, … Read more

Zeroth Bot Preview: A Programmable Open-Source Humanoid Robot From The K-Scale Stack

Zeroth Bot is an open-source AI-enabled bipedal humanoid with 18 metal-gear actuators, dual-core RISC-V, 1080p camera, 6-axis IMU, Wi-Fi, and the PyKOS/KOS/EdgeVLA/K-Sim stack; voice, gesture, and Python control, framed under $1000 on a Kickstarter preview with no announced launch date.

Agility Digit 5 Review: A 20-Hour Humanoid Workday Built on 9-Minute Swaps

Agility Digit humanoid robot full-body studio portrait

Agility’s Digit 5 claims a 20-hour effective workday through nine-minute battery swaps and a target of 25 customer facilities by 2027. We read the duty-cycle maths behind the headline, examine the machine-tending roadmap and ask what uptime really costs in a warehouse.

Faraday Future FF Nova: A $2,499 Humanoid Bet That Still Needs Proof

FF Nova humanoid robot gesturing in studio shot

Faraday Future says its FF Nova humanoid will sell for under $2,500, with a $299 Nova Mini for classrooms, ahead of an October 26 Nasdaq investor day. We test the arithmetic behind the price, weigh the company’s delivery record and set out what buyers must demand in writing.

AgiBot A2 Interstellar at Canton Fair: China’s Humanoid Lead Meets Real Buyers

AgiBot humanoid robots moving boxes in a warehouse

AgiBot shipped more humanoids than any company on earth in 2025 — over 5,100 units. At the 140th Canton Fair its Interstellar A2 moved real boxes while wheeled, quadruped and cleaning siblings shared one autonomy stack. We examine the hardware, the economics and the questions buyers asked.

NEURA’s 4NE1 and Neuron AI: A Promising Cognitive Humanoid That’s Mostly a Reservation Deposit Right Now

German startup NEURA Robotics unveiled its Neuron AI perception-language-action model alongside the 4NE1 humanoid, but the robot costs roughly $105,000, ships end of 2026, and the headline laundry demo is still a scripted stage act.